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Main ID:  NCT02169856
Date of registration: 09/06/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Public title: Role of Emotional Freedom Techniques in Reducing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy EFT
Scientific title: A Randomized Controlled Trial: Role of EFTs (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in Reducing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Date of first enrolment: July 2013
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02169856
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Pakistan
Contacts
Name:     Sheikh F Riaz, FCPS I
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Affiliation:  Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Name:     Jahangir S Khan, FCPS, FACS
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Affiliation:  Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Name:     Muhammad Z Saeed, FCPS I
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Affiliation:  Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Name:     Fazal H Shah, FCPS I
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Affiliation:  Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Name:     Aurangzeb Khan, FCPS
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Affiliation:  Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Name:     Muhammad B Habshi, FCPS I
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Affiliation:  Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease.

2. Patients with age range of 25 to 55 years

Exclusion Criteria:

1. H/O chronic illness like DM, IHD, CRF, CLD,

2. H/O acute or chronic psychiatric or psychological illness.

3. H/O APD (acid peptic disease) or regurgitation.

4. H/O of any chemotherapy (cancer drugs, opioids), radiotherapy, any history of
repeated infection.

5. H/O use of hepatotoxic drugs like acetaminophen, ciprofloxacin, ATT, valproic acid
etc. in last one month.

6. H/O alcohol intake in last one month.

7. Previous hepatobilliary surgery.

8. Complicated cholecystectomy in which laparoscopic cholecystectomy is converted to
open cholecystectomy.

9. Patients who are given opioids in postoperative period.

10. Patients who need epidural analgesia in postoperative period.



Age minimum: 25 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Intervention(s)
Drug: Sevoflurane 2.5 vol %
Drug: Inj. Atracurium 0.5 mg/kg
Drug: Inj. Propofol 2.5mg/kg
Drug: Tab. Midazolam 7.5 mg
Behavioral: EFTs (emotional freedom techniques)
Drug: Inj. Midazolam 0.7mg/kg
Drug: Drug: Inj. Ketorolac 30 mg IV
Drug: Inj. Zantac 50mg IV
Drug: Inj. Cefuroxime 1.5 g IV
Primary Outcome(s)
Postoperative nausea and vomiting. [Time Frame: will be measured at upto 15 hours postoperatively.]
Rescue antiemetic [Time Frame: It will be measured upto 15 hours postoperatively.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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